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Finding opportunity amid crisis: Preparing teachers for a strong future

W Magazine

… or tablets to students and offering mobile Wi-Fi in some areas. What to do with the technology made available, however, was a less common discussion. “You can give people … profession and boost student achievement. Preparing so many scholarly articles with University students is not …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/03/63902

The Bar Convent and Esopus arma Christi rolls and women’s devotions

Medieval Institute Publications

… author of MIP's English Birth Girdles: Devotions for Woman in "Travell of Childe."   Mary Morse specializes in medieval … England’s oldest post-Reformation Catholic convent owns a rare arma Christi roll, identified through its Middle English … and their responses “to start their day thinking about how they can use their religious experience to live a better …

https://wmich.edu/medievalpublications/news/2025/06/morse-barconvent

Bronson School of Nursing wins $2 million grant to boost diversity

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… who come from underrepresented minority groups have many challenges as they come to college," Stark says. Many … financially, graduate from underperforming K-12 schools, or are from different social and educational backgrounds than … this program and have found it to be wildly successful." How the project started With the help of the $5,000 grant …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/43577

WMU closed Monday, Jan. 6, due to severe weather

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… closed Monday, Jan. 6 , due to severe weather. All classes are canceled. The closure includes the University's Kalamazoo and Battle Creek … power outages. 2007, Feb. 5—Extreme cold and snow closed many Michigan colleges. 2008, Feb. 1—WMU closed due to snow. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/01/12517

Doing the right thing (or not) topic of WMU panel discussion

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… behavior. According to Bazerman and Tenbrunsel, there are serious gaps between our self-assessment of how ethical we are and how we fare ethically in our actual … is not that we are inherently bad; rather, it is that, in many respects, we are morally blind. Roughly speaking, we …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/03/218

Sky's the limit for aviation grad who knows planes inside and out

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… Submitted by Erin Flynn on Adaora Osolu is ready for her career to take off after majoring in aviation flight science … it even more," she says. "I really enjoyed learning about how the plane works. I'm a very curious person by nature, … behind the scenes." Of course, there was a learning curve. Many of her classmates in tech ops had backgrounds as car …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/06/graduate-success-aviation-flight-science-technical-operations-adaora-osolu

Expanding global educations while empowering future leaders

College of Arts and Sciences

… Expanding global educations while empowering future leaders … school students starting in ninth grade. Combined, there are nearly 250 students enrolled in these dual-enrollment … Chinatown. In addition to their classwork, Xiang says many of the dual enrollment students at Forest Hills have …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news/2025/05/cas-magazine-dualenrollment

Management professor discusses sustainability during COVID-19 and beyond

Haworth College of Business

… of management, is a renowned expert when it comes to how companies, faculty and students interact with the social … access to clean drinking water and affordable health care. With the economy in jeopardy, these initiatives could be postponed or reduced for cost savings. Many business leaders fear the impact that such decisions …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/06/60155

Institute to honor Lewis Walker at fundraising dinner

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Institute to honor Lewis Walker at fundraising dinner … March 15 , in the Bernhard Center Ballroom. Reservations are requested by Wednesday, March 6 . The evening will … the reasons for the persistence of concentrated poverty in many inner city neighborhoods and present his views on a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/02/5051

The Vitt Factor: empowering students to make their mark

Haworth College of Business

… Vittorini doesn’t plan on ever holding back his dreams. “Many people think about following their passions, but they … he states. “Most of the time, young people don’t know how to successfully start, expand on or end a conversation. … sponsored the event, ranging from Crumbl Cookie and CareerBuilder, to the Bolingbrook Golf Club where the event …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70677